2014 Ford Explorer complaints

I HAVE HAD MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE AND SAFETY ISSUES. ELECTRICAL- AUDIO OUTPUT FAILS INTERMITTENTLY, POWER OUTLETS SHORT OUT, INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILS (WHILE MOVING AND IN PARK) EXHAUST- FUMES COMING INSIDE VEHICLE (IN MOTION AND PARK) BRAKES- HAD TO HAVE ENTIRE SYSTEM REPLACED AFTER COMPLETE FAILURE OF ABS SYSTEM (HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE IN MOTION, ONCE ON EXPRESSWAY, ALL REPORTED TO FORD CORPORATE) WHEELS - LUG NUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED MULTIPLE TIMES FOR MOISTURE COLLECTING INSIDE THE LUG NUTS AND CAUSING CORROSION SEAT BELTS - HOUSING CASE OF SAFETY BELTS POP OFF IDLE - WHEN IDLING WITH BRAKE DEPRESSED AND A DOOR OPENED AND CLOSED THE IDLE SKIPS AND MAKES NOISE WASHER FLUID SENSOR - FAILED AT 70, 000 MILES AC SYSTEM DRAINS POWER HORRIBLY VEHICLE WAS LEASED JANUARY 2014 PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CONSISTEN SINCE THAT DATE, ALL RECORDS ARE IN FORD'S SYSTEM.

MY VEHICLE HAS 69K MILES WITH ONLY FREEWAY DRIVING AND THE STRUTS AND BEARINGS ALREADY HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE COST IS $900 AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THAT THE BEARINGS ARE WORN OUT CAUSING PROBLEMS WITH THE STRUTS. ANYTIME I WOULD DRIVE AT LOW SPEEDS YOU COULD HEAR A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND. MY NISSAN IS 12 YEARS OLD AND IT JUST NOW NEEDED SIMILAR MAINTENANCE. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT WITH THIS QUALITY.

BAD OR BURNT EXHAUST SMELL IN CABIN DURING ACCELERATION WITH THE RECYCLE AIR ON.

FORD EXPLORER CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ! CARBON MONOXIDE EMISSIONS BUILDING UP INSIDE DRIVER AND PASSENGER COMPARTMENT/AREAS ? THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS AND UNHEALTHY PROBLEM FOR FORD OWNERS WITH THESE VEHICLES ! I HAVE BEEN PART OF THE CLASS ACTION LAW FROM THE BEGINNING AND NOTHING IS HAPPENING TO SETTLE THE PROBLEM? MY FORD DEALERSHIP (FLAMMER FORD OF SPRING HILL )HAS TOLD ME FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS THAT FORD HAS NOT COME UP WITH A FIX SO WE KEEP DRIVING AND USING A VEHICLE THAT IS UNHEALTHY . I AND MY WIFE TAKE THE BRUNT OF THE SICKENING ODER FROM THE EXHAUST FUMES BACKING UP INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO TRADE IN FOR NEW AND SOMEONE ELSE GETS SICK OR DIES FROM THE CARBON MONOXIDE FUMES ? FORD HAS STATED UNDER OATH THAT THEY CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM ? I HAVE THAT DOCUMENT ! I HAVE WRITTEN FORD TWO OR THREE TIMES AND THEY ALWAYS REFER ME BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY IN RETURN TELL ME THERE IS NO FIX FOR PROBLEM ! WE NEED SOME TYPE OF CONSIDERATION FOR THE BIG LOSS IN THE VALUE OF EXPLORER AND AGAIN I DON'T WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO DEAL OR HAVE TO PUT UP WITH SAME SERIOUS PROBLEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE FUMES TO PENETRATE THROUGH THE VENTS WHILE THE DEFROST SYSTEM OR THE HEATHER WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM LINING AND VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 26,000.

EXPERIENCING EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING PASSENGER COMPARTMENT.

COMING OUT OF A CAR WASH AT IDLE SPEED AND MOVING INTO THE VACUUM AREA THE BRAKE PEDAL STOPPED RESPONDING, I AM A NOTORIOUS BRAKE RIDER, THE CAR KEPT ROLLING AND ACTUALLY HIT THE VACUUM, ROLLED ON OVER A HILL AND DOWN INTO AN ADJACENT PARKING LOT WHERE THE BRAKES FINALLY TOOK HOLD. AS THE EXPLORER WENT OVER THE HILL I KEPT POUNDING THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. THE CAR ROLLED DOWN THE PARKING AREA AND THEN IT STOPPED. DAMAGE WAS TO THE RIGHT CORNER OF THE VEHICLE AND A VACUUM LAYING ON ITS SIDE. ACCORDING TO THE STATION ATTENDANT THIS WAS NOT AN UNUSUAL EVENT.

OUR 2014 FORD EXPLORER SPORT HAS SUDDENLY LOST ITS POWER STEERING MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO DRIVE AND HAS A TENDENCY TO JERK THE WHEEL LEFT AND RIGHT WHEN DRIVING. THIS I'M TOLD IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST APPROXIMATELY $1800 TO FIX. I BELIEVE THE THREE YEARS PRIOR TO MINE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND WERE RECALLED. THE EXPLORER HAS NOT BEEN IN ANY ACCIDENTS AND HAS 73K MILES. THE AIRBAG LIGHT ALSO CAME ON WHEN THE STEERING ISSUE STARTED HOWEVER THE FORD SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT IT WAS UNRELATED AND THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER EXPENSE AFTER THE STEERING WAS REPAIRED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S SON WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. IN ADDITION, THE "STEERING LOSS STOP SAFELY" AND "SERVICE ADVANCE TRAC" WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING GEAR ASSEMBLY (POWER STEERING RACK) NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: CAS-12267703. THE MANUFACTURER DECLINED TO ASSIST THE CONTACT SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS OUTSIDE OF THE 36 MONTH OR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 42,988.....UPDATED 06/21/17 *BF UPDATED 09/15/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE DOOR FAILED TO LOCK PROPERLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE DOOR LATCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER WHO REQUESTED THAT THE VEHICLE RECEIVE A SECOND DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH RENDERED THE SAME RESULTS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE AN AUTO SHOP, THE POWER STEERING FAILED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO REACTIVATE THE POWER STEERING AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO HER HOME. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE DEALER OF THE FAILURE, BUT COULD NOT DRIVE TO THE DEALER DUE TO THE POWER STEERING FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES AND OPENED CASE NUMBER: 12284176. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT SMELLED A FUEL ODOR THROUGHOUT THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONER OR HEATER WAS ACTIVATED, THE FUEL ODOR INTENSIFIED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, BUT THE RESULTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 28,800.

THIS CAR CANNOT EXCEED 3000-3500 RPM. IF I EXCEED IT, A STRONG EXHAUST STINKING SMELL COMES THROUGH THE A/C-VENTILATION SYSTEM. IT SEEMS LIKE THE EXHAUST FUMES GO DIRECTLY TO THE A/C SYSTEM.

MY CAR SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN EGGS WHEN AC TURNED ON OR WHEN WINDOWS DOWN AND AIR ON LOW. THIS HAPPENS TYPICALLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO SERRAMONTE FORD IN COLMA ON DECEMBER 7, 2015. THEY COULDN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD A BLACK GREESE LEAK. HAD TO HAVE MY TRANSFER CASE REPLACED AT 64K MILES???

DOOR AJAR INDICATOR STAY ON ALTHOUGH THE DOORS ARE CLOSED.

WHILE ACCELERATING, A SMELL OF EXHAUST ENTERS THE CABIN. TYPICALLY HAPPENS DURING HEAVY ACCELERATION, FOR EXAMPLE, WHILE ENTERING A HIGHWAY. OTHER REPORTS HAVE INDICATED HIGH LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE PRESENT WHEN ODOR IS DETECTABLE.

10 YEAR OLD SON IN HOSPITAL WITH ELEVATED LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE. BLOOD WORK SHOWED A LEVEL OF 2. THIS WAS AFTER TRAVELING FOR 1 HOUR IN THE THIRD ROW SEAT OF THE CAR.

VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL 2014 WITH A LITTLE OVER 500 MILES. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS APPROXIMATELY 33,900 MILES. A COUPLE WEEKS AGO WE NOTICED A SQUEAKING NOISE WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL WAS TURNED EITHER WAY WHILE MOVING AND WHILE NOT MOVING. I CALLED ON 4-25 FOR APPOINTMENT ON 4-27. THE VEHICLE WAS LOOKED OVER AND I RECEIVED A CALL ON 4-28 STATING THE STEERING GEAR BOX WAS BAD AND NEED REPLACED. I WAS THEN TOLD MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED ON 4-17 AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT COVER THE BILL OF $1738. I DID RESEARCH AND THERE WERE SIMILAR ISSUES WITH THIS YEAR VEHICLE AS WELL AS RECALLS ON THIS SAME VEHICLE 2011-2013. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE FORD HAS NOT FIXED THE ISSUE AND SHOULD COVER THESE RIDICULOUS COSTS TO THOSE THAT HAVE HAD THEM. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THESE TYPES OF THINGS ON SUCH A LOW MILEAGE VEHICLE. FORD WILL PROBABLY BE LOSING OUR CONTINUED BUSINESS.

THE ELECTRIC MOONROOF STOPPED WORKING AND WOULD NOT OPEN. THE SUN SHADE WOULD PARTIALLY CLOSE. WE CHANGED THE FUSE BUT THE MOONROOF STILL WOULD NOT WORK. SO WERE LEAVING IT ALONE UNTIL THE WEATHER WARMED UP. THIS MORNING I WENT OUT TO GO TO WORK AND MY MOONROOF WAS STANDING OPEN AND MY CAR WAS STANDING IN WATER AND LEAVES. NO ONE HAD DRIVEN THE CAR IN 3 DAYS. I AM A 50+ YEAR OLD FEMALE AND TRY TO BE VERY PARTICULAR WITH MY VEHICLE. I RARELY USE THE MOONROOF ITSELF, BUT I DO OPEN THE SUN SHIELD AT TIMES IN THE PAST. I DO NOT KNOW HOW THE MOONROOF OPENED, IF THERE WAS A POWER SURGE OR WHAT??? I HAVE SEARCHED THE INTERNET THIS MORNING AND FOUND THIS HAD HAPPENED TO OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

DRIVER'S DOOR AJAR WARNING IS ACTIVATED AND NO DOOR IS AJAR. THIS VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC LOCKING DOORS, WHICH DO NOT LOCK AS A RESULT. I AM AWARE THAT FORD HAS BEEN GIVEN A PASS ON RECALLS FOR THIS BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM KNOWN TO FORD SINCE 2011. I BELIEVE FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO MAKE REPAIRS, EVEN AFTER THE NEW CAR WARRANTY IS EXPIRED.THIS IS AN OBVIOUS MFG DEFECT, AND THE MFG SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. I IMAGINE FORD HAS BEEN GIVEN A PASS ON RECALLS BECAUSE THEY NEGOTIATED A DEAL, AND PROBABLY INDICATED THEY WOULD REPAIR ALL REPORTED DEFECTS RATHER THAN HAVE A COMPLETE RECALL OF ALL MODELS USING THIS SAME WARNING SYSTEM, WITH THE SAME PARTS. THE LOCAL DEALER TOLD ME FORD WILL REPAIR AS NECESSARY FOR CARS UNDER WARRANTY, BUT NOT AFTER WARRANTY PERIOD. THIS DEFECT AFFECTS SEVERAL MODELS OF FORD VEHICLES, FOR SEVERAL KNOWN YEARS, AND FORD SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO REPLACE THE DEFECT, FOR ALL MODELS, FOR ALL YEARS, AS LONG AS THE PROBLEM MANIFESTS ITSELF IN OPERATING VEHICLES MANUFACTURED BY FORD.TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 2700 SIMILAR COMPLAINTS, AND MORE THAN 33,000 WARRANTY CLAIMS.THAT'S OVER 35,000 KNOWN DEFECTIVE VEHICLES, WHICH DOES NOT INCLUDE THOS THAT OWNERS HAVE SIMPLY HAD REPAIRED WITHPOUT COMPLAINT.

WHEN THERE IS A HEAVY RAIN THE SERPENTINE BELT SQUEALS AT VARIOUS MOMENTS, FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2014 , BUT DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. THEY SAID IT WAS DUE TO THE BELT GETTING WET AND FORD DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PREVENT IT FROM HAPPENING, AND THAT IT OCCURS ON OTHER FORD TRUCKS TOO. MY OTHER ISSUE HAS STARTED RECENTLY HAPPENING TO WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY, THE "LOW BATTERY FEATURES TEMPOR. TURNED OFF" NOTIFICATION COMES ON AND MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP BRIEFLY WHILE DRIVING. I CHECKED MY BATTERY CONNECTS AS THE MANUAL SAYS TO DO AND THEY ARE FINE. THIS ONLY OCCURS DURING HEAVY RAIN AND IT HAPPENS AT VARIOUS TIMES DURING DRIVING. IT NEVER JUST STAYS ON, BUT WILL TURN ON AND GO OFF AT DIFFERENT TIMES DURING THE DRIVE IN THE HEAVY RAIN. SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING IS GETTING WET CAUSING A SHORTAGE, BUT EITHER WAY ITS DANGEROUS WHEN MY STEERING WHEEL LOCKS UP.

WHEN QUICKLY ACCELERATING TO HIGHWAY SPEEDS THERE IS AN BURNING/EXHAUST SMELL IN THE CABIN. DOES NOT MATTER IF THE A/C IS ON OF OFF OR WHETHER ITS ON OUTSIDE AIR OR RECIRCULATION.

STRONG SMELL OF EXHAUST FUMES INSIDE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT

AN EXHAUST SMELL ENTERS THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. I FIRST STARTED TO NOTICE IT WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLING AND I THOUGHT IT WAS COMING FROM THE CAR AHEAD OF ME. THIS CONTINUED ON AND OFF FOR MONTHS UNTIL MORE RECENTLY WHEN THE SMELL WAS PRESENT EVEN AS I DROVE THE CAR. I HAVE HAD HEADACHES, DIZZINESS AND STOMACH UPSETS FOR MONTHS REALIZING THAT MY VEHICLE WAS PERHAPS NO LONGER SAFE FOR ME TO DRIVE. I BROUGHT IT IN TO MY DEALERSHIP AND THEY IMMEDIATELY ACKNOWLEDGED THE SMELL AND GAVE ME A LOANER. THEY HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH FORD AND ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR THE REPAIR PARTS BUT THEY ARE ON BACKORDER. I WAS TOLD THAT POLICE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME THING. I JUST RECEIVED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NOTICE SO I IMAGINE THIS WILL EVENTUALLY BE A RECALL. IN THE MEANTIME I CANNOT DRIVE MY OWN VEHICLE WITHOUT RISKING MY HEALTH. THE CAUSE TO ME IS UNKNOWN, I HAVE READ THAT IT IS A DEFECT IN THE ENGINEERING OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM.

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE, I NOTICED A VERY STRONG SMELL OF PROPANE OR NATURAL GAS. WHEN VEHICLE WAS STOPPED AND IDLING, THE SAME SMELL WAS DETECTED OUTSIDE THE CAR. THE NEXT DAY, THE VEHICLE SMELLED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING, ONLY THIS TIME IT SMELLED LIKE ROTTEN EGGS.

WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A RURAL ROAD BEGINNING TO SLOW DOWN, WHEN THE CAR DID NOT SLOW DOWN, IT.WENT AT FULLSPEED WHILE HITTING THE BRAKES. THEN HITTING A TREE HEAD ON, CAUSING A FATALITY. I DID NOT.WANT THE CAR DESTROYED, BECAUSE I WANTED A FULL INVESTIGATION PERFORMED ON THE CAUSE AND THE TPS . I ONLY RECEIVED A BLACKBOX INFO WITH LIMITED INFO SHOWING VEHICLE SPEED AT CRASH. THE ONLY THING SLOWING VEHICLE WAS A DITCH AND THE TREE. ALSO DRIVER SIDE BELT CAME UNATTATCHED AS WELL AS MIDDLE PASSENGER. ONLY DRIVER AIR BAG AND ONE.PASSENGER AIRBAG DEPLOYED.

FUMES OR GAS SMELL COMING OUT OF CAR. STRONG ODOR COMING OUT FROM CAR AFTER DRIVING.

MY FORD EXPLORER HAS A BAD EXHAUST ODOR IN THE CABIN WHEN HARD ACCELERATING AND ON COLD MORNING EVEN AT IDLE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO NOTICE THE SMELL AND IT LINGERS IN THE CABIN IN TELL YOU OPEN A WINDOW. I CAN SMELL IT ANYTIME I GET ON THE HIGH WAY BUT THERE ARE TIMES WHEN I CAN SMELL A CHEMICAL TYPE SMELL WHEN STOPPED A LIGHTS.

DRIVING AT HYWAY SPEED OR GOING UP HILL TH ECO BOOST STALLS CAUSING TRAFFIC HAZARD. UNABLE TO EXCELLERATE PARTIALLY STALLS. TOOK IT INTO GET REPAIRED AND THE PART IS BACK ORDER INDEFINTELEY . I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT A CAR FOR SIX WEEKS NOW. NO IDEA WHEN IT CAN BE FIXED.

HAD TO REPLACE THE DRIVER SIDE HEAD LIGHT PIG TAIL AS IT MELTED TO THE BULB

EXHAUST LEAK INTO CABIN. EXHAUST ENTERS THE VEHICLE CABIN DURING HIGH RPM ENGINE CONDITIONS. THIS CONDITION OCCURS MOST FREQUENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS AND WHILE ACCELERATING TO PASS SLOWER VEHICLES. THIS SITUATION OCCURS ESSENTIALLY EVERY TIME THIS DRIVING CONDITION IS EMPLOYED, AND THE LONGER THE ACCELERATION PERIOD AND THE LONGER THE DURATION OF HIGH RPM ENGINE SPEED, THE MORE DRAMATIC THE EXHAUST LEAK RESULTS.

PERIODIC SMELL OF FUMES OR BURNING SMELL INSIDE THE CAR WHEN RUNNING. PRONOUNCED SMELL UPON HARD ACCELERATION AS FROM A STOP OR UPON MERGING ONTO HIGHWAY. HAS HAPPENED SINCE SHORTLY AFTER BUYING THIS AS A USED CAR LATE LAST YEAR. MY BOYFRIEND DRIVES THE VEHICLE A LOT AND THOUGHT IT WAS JUST OUTSIDE TRAFFIC SMELLS ENTERING THE CAR BUT AFTER USING THE A/C ON RECIRCULATION MODE, WE REALIZED IT IS COMING FROM OUR EXPLORER AND ESPECIALLY UPON HARD ACCELERATION.

EXHAUST SMELL INSIDE CABIN. I NOTICE A BAD EXHAUST ODOR IN THE CABIN IF I ACCELERATE OVER 3,000 RPM.

2014 FORD EXPLORER SPORT, STRONG SMELL OF ENGINE EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING PASSENGER CABIN. MUST DRIVE WITH WINDOWS OPEN TO VENT OUT PASSENGER CABIN. MY SAFETY AS WELL AS MY FAMILY'S SAFETY IS AT RISK FOR CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING, RESPITORY DISTRESS, ASTHMA AND POSSIBLE UNCONSCIOUSNESS WHILE DRIVING. THE OVERWHELMING ENGINE EXHAUST FUMES WITHIN THE PASSENGER CABIN AT TIMES IS UNBEARABLE.

WHENEVER I MAKE A HARD ACCELERATION, THERE IS A FOUL SMELL IN THE CABIN. SMELL IS SIMILAR TO ROTTEN EGG OR BAD CATALYTIC CONVERTER. I NORMALLY ALWAYS HAVE THE A/C ON AND IN RECIRCULATE. I HAVE NOTICED THIS EVER SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. TWO DEALERSHIPS HAD NO ANSWER AND SAID THEY HAD NOT HEARD OF ANY COMPLAINTS.

MY CAR STARTED OFF WITH A PROPANE GAS SMELL WHICH WOULD COME AND GO. THEN IT TURNED INTO THIS SULFUR ODOR. WHICH HAD GOTTEN SO BAD THAT YOU COULD ONLY DRIVE THE CAR IF ALL THE WINDOWS WERE DOWN BECAUSE THE ODOR WOULD MAKE YOU SICK. THE CAR WAS IN MOTION AT ALL TIMES. YOU COULD SMELL THE ODOR WITH OR WITHOUT THE HEAT ON. THEN AT WHICH POINT THE ODOR NEVER ACTUALLY LEFT THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. AT WHICH I WOULD JUST LEAVE THE WINDOWS OPEN, IN HOPES THAT THE CAR WOULD EVENTUALLY AIR OUT.

THERE IS AN EXHAUST / PROPANE SMELL ENTERING THE CAR. AT TIMES THE SMELL IS OVERPOWERING AND HAS CAUSED A NAUSEOUS FEELING. HAVING TAKEN THE VEHICLE IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AND HAD THE 2012 AND 2014 BULLETIN WORK COMPLETED, THERE HAS BEEN NO DIFFERENCE. HAVING PURCHASED THE VEHICLE 10 WEEKS AGO FROM THE DEALERSHIP, I FEEL I OWN WHAT MAY BE THE LEAST FAMILY-FRIENDLY VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. I HAVE 4 AND 8 YEAR OLD DAUGHTERS THAT I CAN'T HAVE RIDE IN THE VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY WILL GET SICK. AS A 6'3" MAN, I HAVE BECOME SICK MYSELF AT TIMES AFTER DRIVING FOR LESS THAN 5 MINUTES IN RESIDENTIAL STREETS.

THE DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD TRIM FLEW OFF MY VEHICLE WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 70MPH. THIS IS THE SECOND TRIM PIECE THAT HAS RIPPED OFF MY VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. THE PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OFF ABOUT A YEAR AGO WHEN I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. I AM WORRIED THAT A LARGE PIECE OF PLASTIC FLYING OFF MY CAR AT HIGH SPEEDS MAY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AND CAUSE AND ACCIDENT OR INJURE SOMEONE. I GOOGLED "FORD EXPLORER WINDSHIELD TRIM PROBLEMS" AND THERE IS A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE. THE DEALERSHIP WANTS TO CHARGE ME $290 TO FIX IT BUT I FEEL LIKE THIS PROBLEM IS DANGEROUS AND IS NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD OCCUR WITH NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR ON THE VEHICLE. ATTACHED ARE PHOTOS OF MY CAR AND THE FORD ESTIMATE SO YOU CAN SEE THE PARTS NUMBERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.

STRONG SMELL OF EXHAUST IN CABIN OF VEHICLE AFTER DRIVING ON EXPRESSWAY. I GET LIGHTHEADED AND HAVE HEADACHES AFTER DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD TRIM PEELING BACK AND SEPARATING FROM THE WINDSHIELD, HEAVY VIBRATION NOISE OCCURS AT SPEEDS OVER 15 MPH, AT 65 IT IS DEAFENING. NO ACCIDENT, NO ROUGH TRAVEL, THIS IS A SOCCER MOM CAR, THAT GOES TO SCHOOL, SUPERMARKET AND HOME. NO ROUGH HISTORY OF WASHES. OTHER ISSUES LISTED ONLINE HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/FORD/EXPLORER/2014/WINDOWS_WINDSHIELD/WINDSHIELD_TRIM_FALLING_OFF.SHTML

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V245000 (SUSPENSION) HOWEVER, THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD EXPLORER. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. DUE TO THE ODOR, THE CONTACT'S CHILD BEGAN TO COUGH SEVERELY WHEN IN THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 74,000.

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING EXHAUST SMELLS IN THE CABIN SINCE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE AND NOW I SEE THERE ARE MANY OTHERS. I WANT TO SUE FORD AND GET MY MONEY BACK FOR THE VEHICLE.

NOTICED A STRONG ODOR THAT SMELLS LIKE NATURAL GAS INSIDE OF THE CAR. THE ODOR BECOMES WORSE WHEN THE HEAT IS RUNNING. IT IS MOST NOTICEABLE WHEN IN MOTION HOWEVER THE SMELL CAN BE DETECTED OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE WHEN IT IS TURNED OFF.

I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2014 FORD EXPLORER AND THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. THE EXHAUST FUMES COMING INTO THE VEHICLE DURING ACCELERATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO WHILE IT WAS UNDER THE BUMPER TO BUMPER TO BE FIXED AND WHAT WAS DONE AT THE TIME WAS REPROGRAMMING EXHAUST AND AC INTAKE. THIS DID NOT FIX THE EXHAUST PROBLEM BUT DID IMPROVE THE SMELL AND HOW OFTEN IT OCCURRED . I RECENTLY TOOK MY TRUCK INTO GET THE EXHAUST FIXED AND THEY WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE IT IS PASSED THE BUMPER TO BUMPER BUT THIS IS THE SAME PROBLEM TOOK IN TO BE FIX PRIOR.

WHEN ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO THE HIGHWAY FROM AN ONRAMP, A DAILY EVENT FOR ME, A STRONG EXHAUST ODOR FILLS THE CABIN. IT LINGERS A LONG TIME AND I HAVE TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO CLEAR THE AIR. IT'S NOT ONLY ANNOYING, I'M AFRAID THERE ARE HEALTH RISKS INVOLVED.

EXHAUST FUMES LEAKING INTO CABIN CAUSING FAMILY TO BREATHE IN FUMES. IT HAS HAPPENED SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. IF THE VEHICLE AC IS IN RECIRCULATING MODE AND YOU ACCELERATE, FUMES FILL THE CABIN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. WE ALWAYS HAVE TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS TO LET THE FUMES OUT. IT HAPPENS ESSENTIALLY EVERY TIME YOU DRIVE THE CAR . I CALLED FORD DEALER AND THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE NO COMPLAINTS THEY HAVE SEEN. CAUSES HEADACHES AND NAUSEA.

ABOUT A MONTH AGO I STARTED NOTICING A STRANGE EXHAUST ODOR INSIDE MY VEHICLE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. IT MADE ME FEEL NAUSEATED AND DIZZY WHILE DRIVING.

WHEN DRIVING MY EXPLORER I SMELL VERY STRONG EXHAUST FUME SMELLS THAT GIVE ME HEADACHES. IT HAPPENS ALMOST DAILY WHILE DRIVING IT FOR THE PAST YEAR.

THERE IS A FOUL ODOR COMING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE VENTS/OUTSIDE VENT JUST ABOVE THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION BOTH ON CITY STREETS AND HIGHWAY. IT CAN COME AND GO WITHIN THE CABIN AND YOU CAN USUALLY SMELL IT OUTSIDE THE CAR WHEN IT STOPS MOVING. I BROUGHT IT IN TO BE FIXED AND DESPITE THIS HAPPENING TO HUNDREDS OF CARS (I DIDN'T KNOW THAT AT THE TIME), THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT I PROBABLY SUCKED SOMETHING UP. AFTER SAYING IT WAS PROBABLY THE FILTER AND THEN USING A DEVICE TO CLEAN OUT THE AIR BOX, THE SMELL IS STILL THERE.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR, PASSENGER WINDSHIELD SIDE PANEL FLEW OFF THE MY 2014 FORD EXPLORER TRUCK THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED DAMAGES TO OTHER VEHICLES BEHIND ME OR EVEN AN ACCIDENT. I JUST BOUGHT THE VEHICLE FROM A DEALERSHIP ABOUT 2 MONTHS AGO. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE PART IS NOT UNDER EXTENDED WARRANTY AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY OVER $200 TO GET THE PANEL REPLACED.